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How Easily Is HIV Transmitted?
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Ask the Experts
Are women more easily infected by HIV than menIs it easier for a women to get infected sleeping with an infected male than what it is if a male sleeps with an infected female....
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hello,Yes it is. And if you think it through, you'll probably understand why. It's simple biology. If an HIV-positive man spunks without protection into a woman's love canal, he deposits a considerable amount of baby batter right into...
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Is Inactive Hepatitis B easily transmittedI have hepatitis B but am not on any medication, does that mean it's dormant or inactive and... Read more »HIV Transmition via mouth and private poolDear doctor I was reading 10 common fears about HIV in this website, according to the part sharing... Read more »
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Guide to HIV, Pregnancy and Women's Health: How HIV Is Transmitted to a BabySome Terms Used in This Section in utero is within the uterus or womb before the start of labour Intrapartum means occurring during delivery (labour or child birth). Placenta is a temporary organ that develops in pregnancy and joins the... Read more »
North Carolina: HIV, Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases on Rise in Cumberland CountyThe Cumberland County Health Department's annual communicable disease report, presented Monday to the Board of Commissioners, shows that 72 percent more people were screened at its STD clinic in the past two years. Cumberland ranks seventh among... Read more »
Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV/AIDSTable of Contents The Basics Some Sexually Transmitted Diseases to Know About Protecting Yourself and Others The Bottom Line The Basics Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), also called sexually transmittedinfections (STIs), are... Read more »
Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV-Related Risks:How Common Are STDs? STD Prevention and Treatment Bacterial STDs Viral STDs Parasitic STDs STDs Transmitted by Other Means Sequellae of STDs (Possible Complications) STDs and HIV STDs Increase Risk for HIV How HIV Impacts... Read more »
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Hiv usually transmitted before people know
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - HIV infection is likely to be transmitted before people are even aware that they are carriers, UK researchers report in the January 3rd issue of AIDS. "The study demonstrates that a significant proportion of new HIV-1... Read more » Can HIV be transmitted through Oral sex?
Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies
Can HIV be transmitted through Oral sex?
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Can HIV be transmitted via a nitrous balloon?
Posted by vanessa1013, 3 Replies
Hi there,Thank you in advance for reading... I attended a "rave" like party on 8/21/10. At this party, nitrous balloons were being passed around. I took several hits...And now I am wondering if there is any chance I can get HIV from sharing a balloon. Read more » COMO SE TRANSMITE EL HIV?
Posted by Janis, 1 Reply
COMO SE TRANSMITE EL HIV?La infeccin por HIV se produce a travs de tres nicas vas de transmisin: * TRANSMISION SEXUAL * TRANSMISION SANGUINEA * TRANSMISION VERTICAL (madre a hijo) TRANSMISION SEXUAL: El HIV puede transmitirse a travs de las relaciones... Read more »
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